The Sometimes Evitable Route to Conservatism and Persuasiveness
A Reply to Xue and Costopoulos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2221639 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Ghirlanda (0000-0002-7270-9612, University of Bologna), A Acerbi (0000-0001-5827-8003, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Magnus Enquist (0000-0003-0198-1288, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Mayuko Nakamaru (0000-0003-2116-1711, Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-272 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/651259 |
| OpenAlex | W2061247113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In Ghirlanda et al. (2006) we presented a paradox.We argued that, if culture can influence people's openness to new information, then cultural evolution is likely to foster conservative individuals who are reluctant to acquire new culture.We also argued that cultural evolution would promote people's ability to persuade others.We demonstrated these predictions in a simple model in which cultural evolution created conservative and persuasive individuals.We noted, however, that the model's predictions were too extreme: people become neither completely conservative nor perfectly persuasive.We concluded that understanding the cultural dynamics of conservatism and persuasiveness requires new theoretical advances.Xue & Costopoulos (X&C) have taken up this challenge, studying potential determinants of openness and persuasiveness as well as the impact of openness and persuasiveness on cultural diversity.
Conservatism · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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